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Wiki MarkupNote:    Next revision cycle, start building everything into
$HOME/\[app\]-\[version#\] and creating a symlink to $HOME/\[app\] so that there is
no question about what the current, in use, directory is.

Note: When downloading software to install in these instructions, always
download the source code, and avoid binary installers.  Binary installers tend
to make inaccurate assumptions about what libraries you have installed on your
system, as well as other problems.

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      Please be aware, the organization (O) is:
      Massachusetts Institute of Technology
      and the common name (CN) is the name of the server or
      service, including the domain name (.mit.edu).  Also, some servers, such
      as Thalia servers, can represent an entire subdomain.  These servers
      will need certificates issued with a wildcard in the domain name, such
      as *.isda-thalia-1.mit.edu.  

Wiki Markup      Remember, if the server is a Thalia server, if will need a wildcard    certificate and DNS record for \*.\[hostname\], and if it is doing any type of    authentication, it will need a joint client/server certificate to be able    to connect to the Shibboleth server (and have end users connect to it as    wildcard
   certificate and DNS record for *.[hostname], and if it is doing any type of
   authentication, it will need a joint client/server certificate to be able
   to connect to the Shibboleth server (and have end users connect to it as
   well).

   2db. To generate a self signed temporary certificate, add the x509 and
        nodes options to the openssl command line.

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